Welcome to one of the most beautiful
coastal areas in the United States. Stretching from the North at the Outer
Banks through Cape Hatteras and Ocracoke Island, to Cape Lookout and the National
Seashore, to the Crystal Coast with the Historic town of Beaufort and the fishing
center of Morehead City, to Wrightsville Beach and Wilmington in the South. Blackbeard
lived, pillaged, and died in these parts.
With the discovery of an ancient shipwreck in the Beaufort Inlet in 1996, it
is becoming clearer that his ship, The Queen Anne's Revenge has been
discovered. Here you can read about the Pirate, his legend, his ship,
and the shipwreck recovery efforts.

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Thousands of artifacts have been
recovered from the presumed site of The Queen Anne's Revenge,
Blackbeard's ship. 10 years after the discovery of the
site, the recovery team held a press conference to
show the results. Click here for the photos.

October 2009 divers recovered an
anchor from the
Queen Anne's revenge, and it was displayed for the
press and public in front of the Maritime Museum.

-Blackbeard's Ship, the QAR, is stillunderwater in just 20 feet of
water just off of Fort Macon.Smaller itemsare on display in the N.C. Maritime Museum or the Conservatory
suchas the Ballast stones below